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Private ALFRED COBHAM

Service Number: 9726
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1915

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY

B. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Cobham of "Wood View," Black Moor, Mawdesley Ormskirk.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 198
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